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    Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

    LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain’s first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate decades later, has died. She was 87.
    LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain’s first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate...

    Tags: BBC, David Cameron, Conservative Party (UK), United Kingdom, Government

    2. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Allan Arbus, wise psychiatrist on TV's 'MASH,' dies at 95

    Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shellshocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "MASH," died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95.
    Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shellshocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "MASH," died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95. The...

    Tags: Futurama (tv program), Chicago Fire (tv program), Psychiatrists, MASH (tv program), Heart Failure

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding

    <strong>Robert W. Edgar</strong>
    Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...

    Tags: International Olympic Committee, National Government, Religion and Belief, Common, Multiple Sclerosis

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Richie Havens, iconic Woodstock singer, dies at 72

    <em>This post has been updated. See note below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See note below for details. Richie Havens, the veteran folk singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock, and by extension, of 1960s pop music,...

    Tags: Music, Woodstock Festival (1969), Michael Nesmith, Heart Attack, Entertainment

    5. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Former L.A. Times art critic William Wilson dies at 78

    William Wilson, who wrote art criticism for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades, died Saturday after suffering<span>&nbsp;from Alzheimer's disease for several years. He was 78.</span>
    William Wilson, who wrote art criticism for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades, died Saturday after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years. He was 78. Wilson, who was diagnosed with the disease four years ago, passed away...

    Tags: Artists, Diseases and Illnesses, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Fine Artists, The Getty

    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson

    <strong>Peter Meyerson</strong>
    Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...

    Tags: Pneumonia, New York University, Celebrities, The Partridge Family (tv program), The Monkees (music group)

    7. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Chinua Achebe dies at 82; Nigerian writer

    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa &mdash; When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written about Africa."
    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written...

    Tags: National Government, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Goodluck Jonathan, England

    8. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PASSINGS: Jack Greene, Jesus Cardenas, Stephen Citron

    <strong>Jack Greene</strong>
    Jack Greene Grand Ole Opry star sang hit 1960s tune Jack Greene, 83, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the late 1960s hit "There Goes My Everything," died Thursday at his Nashville, Tenn., home from complications of Alzheimer's...

    Tags: Music Industry, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Music, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)

    9. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Google doodles South Africa's Miriam Makeba on her 81st birthday

    Some female singers puff themselves up with bogus titles like Lady Such-and-Such or the Queen of Pop.
    Some female singers puff themselves up with bogus titles like Lady Such-and-Such or the Queen of Pop. But unlike those pale pretenders to the crown, Miriam Makeba, the great South African artist who passed away in 2008 at age 76, actually earned her...

    Tags: Music, Entertainment, Sarah Vaughan, South Africa, Joan Baez

    10. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Remembering Chinua Achebe, a writer who connected us to the world

    When I think about Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at age 82, I remember an event, five years ago, at Manhattan&rsquo;s Town Hall. The occasion was a commemoration, sponsored by PEN American Center, of the 50th anniversary of Achebe&rsquo;s first novel, &ldquo;Things Fall Apart,&rdquo; which opened the territory of African literature for many readers around the world.
    When I think about Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at age 82, I remember an event, five years ago, at Manhattan’s Town Hall. The occasion was a commemoration, sponsored by PEN American Center, of the 50th anniversary of Achebe’s...

    Tags: Edwidge Danticat, Authors, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Africa

    11. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. PASSINGS: Bebo Valdes, Harlon Hill

    <strong>Bebo Valdes</strong>
    Bebo Valdes Pianist and bandleader who fled Cuba Bebo Valdes, 94, a renowned Cuban pianist who recorded with Nat King Cole, was bandleader of Havana's Tropicana nightclub during its glittering heyday and was considered the last luminary from the...

    Tags: Music Industry, Pneumonia, Grammy Awards, Chicago Bears, National Football League

    12. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. PASSINGS: Magic Slim, Cleotha Staples, Lou Myers, Donald Rutledge

    <strong>Magic Slim</strong>
    Magic Slim Singer of Chicago blues Magic Slim, 75, whose ragged voice and punchy guitar riffs made him a symbol of Chicago blues, died Thursday in Philadelphia after surgery for a bleeding ulcer, according to his family. A younger contemporary of...

    Tags: New York University, Celebrities, Concerts, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Chicago Tribune

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